Francis Bacon Quotes

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• It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

  Francis Bacon

  Strong, Integrity, Character

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• Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

  Francis Bacon

  True Friend, Believe, Learning

  Novum Organum (1620).

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• It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

  Francis Bacon

  Inspirational, Motivational, Integrity

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• A little science estranges a man from God;
  a lot of science brings him back.

  Francis Bacon

  Men, Littles

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  Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

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  Inspirational, Life, Positive

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• Truth can never be reached by just listening to the voice of an authority.

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  Teaching, Voice, Justice

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  Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Clever

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• Who questions much, shall learn much, and retain much.

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  Questions And Answers

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• Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

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  Life Is, Easy, Ability

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• All colours will agree in the dark.

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  Dark, Colour, Agree

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Unity in Religion'

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• Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

  Francis Bacon

  Life, Education, Teacher

  'Essays' (1625) 'Of Studies'

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• Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

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  Adversity, Vices, Prosperity

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• We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.

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  Inspirational, Small Steps, Height

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• There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

  Francis Bacon

  Happiness, Wisdom, Humility

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• If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted

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  Motivational, Change, Science

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• God has, in fact, written two books, not just one. Of course, we are all familiar with the first book he wrote, namely Scripture. But he has written a second book called creation.

  Francis Bacon

  Book, Two, Environmental

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• Wonder is the seed of knowledge

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  Science, Wonder, Seeds

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• If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

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  Inspirational, Success, Wisdom

  The Advancement of Learning bk. 1, ch. 5, sec. 8 (1605)

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• A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

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  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

  1625 Essays, no.52,'Of Ceremonies and Respects'.

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• Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

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  Retirement, Wine, Old Friends

  Francis Bacon, William Rawley (1859). “The Works of Francis Bacon: Literary and professional works”, p.139

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• You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.

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  Inspirational, Children, Mistake

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• Money is a great servant but a bad master.

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  Money, Masters, Servant

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• Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

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  Funny, Laughter, Humor

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• People prefer to believe what they want to be true.

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  Believe, People, Want

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• Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some for ornament and reputation; some for victory and contention; many for lucre and a livelihood; and but few for employing the Divine gift of reason to the use and benefit of mankind.

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  Knowledge, Men, Curiosity

  Francis Bacon (2016). “The Advancement of Learning”, p.40, Jazzybee Verlag

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